Garment clasp



April 11, 1939. H. GUILLOD 2,154,329

GARMENT CLASP Filed March 11, 1957 Patented Apr. 11, 1939 PATENT OFFICE GARMENT, CLASP Herman Guillod, Elgin, Ill.

Application March 11,

1 Claim.

My invention relates to clasps of that type commonly known as garment clasps used especially for the purpose of supporting wearing apparel.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a small fiat clasp for the purpose of holding lingerie straps in place on the shoulders of the wearer, by engagement of opposing spring members of the clasp with an outer garment, and including a tongue, formed integrally with the clasp, for engagement with a. strap or straps of the under garment or garments.

My invention further contemplates the employment of the clasp for the purpose of holding in place other articles of wearing apparel, as for instance to hold a detachable cuff to the V sleeve band of a. shirt, or to a coat sleeve.

over the intermediate With these principal objects in view the clasp in accordance with my invention is formed from a single piece of spring metal bent upon itself to form clamping members for attachment to a garment, with the body portion stamped or struck out to provide a tongue for holding the article of wearing apparel in connection with the.

clasp and aforementioned garment.

In the accompanying drawing:-

Figure 1 is a view illustrating the application of my invention.

Figs. 2 and 3 are detail perspective views of the clasp, looking at the top and bottom respectively.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the clasp, showing its attachment to the garments.

Fig. 5 is a detail side elevation of the clasp, the dotted lines showing the clamping members separated for engagement with a garment.

Fig. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of the clasp, and

Fig. '7 is a similar view illustrating a modification of my invention.

In making up the clasp, to carry out the purposes of my invention, it is formed from a single strip of spring metal of elongated rectangular shape, and this strip is first cut or stamped out centrally to provide a tongue l disposed parallel with the body of the strip at a slight distance from one side thereof, after which the end portions of said strip are bent towards each other portion, at the opposite side from the tongue, to present opposing. spring clamping members H, H between the ends of which an edge of a garment or article of Wearing apparel may be clamped for attachmennt of the clasp, and the tongue will serve to support another garment or part thereof confined between 1937, Serial No. 130,367 (CI. 24-81) said tongue and body portion l2, of the clasp. As will be noted the tongue being stamped or struck from the body portion leaves a longitudinal opening l3 through said body portion, and this opening, or the edges at the opposite sides thereof, coacts with the tongue in providing a firm engagement with the garment to be held in connection with the clasp.

The formation of the clasp provides a flat device of this character especially adapted for hold- 10 ing lingerie straps in place on the shoulders of the wearer, and in this instance the shoulder seam at the under side of an outer garment I9 is clasped between the ends of the members II,

I I, after separating them for this purpose, so that a strap or straps, 20, of an under garment or garments may he slipped into engagement with the tongue and clamped between said tongue and body of the clasp. In this application of the invention the clasp provides a convenient means for holding lingerie straps without injury to either garment, and being of thin metal and fiat construction it will not affect the smooth appearance of the outer garment.

The tongue H) of the clasp may be straight as shown in Figs. 4 to 6, or it may be formed with one or more humps, l5, as shown in Fig. '7, for a more positive engagement with the article of wearing apparel, the other features of the clasp being the same as hereinbefore described, that is, the body portion Hi, from which the tongue is struck, has an opening I1, with the opposing clamping members I8, I 8 at the opposite side of the clasp from said tongue. It is preferable to have the tongue of slightly less diameter than the opening in the body portion for a better grip on the material engaged by the tongue, and of course it will be understood that as the clasp is formed from spring metal this tongue or garment supporting member will also 0 have a spring action in connection with the body portion. This modification also shows the clasp a little larger and formed from thicker metal, it being my intention to vary the size of the clasp for use in other situations in respect to supporting garments, as for instance it may be used to support detachable cufis, and in this instance the clamping members will engage an edge of the opening above the sleeve band, while the cuff will be held in place by engaging the clasp between the tongue and body portion thereof.

From the foregoing description it will be apparent that I provide a garment clasp that will be efiective in connecting articles of wearing apparel, and that in the attachment of the clasp opposing clamping members projecting towards each other to grip a seam of one of the articles of wearing apparel between them, and a tongue struck from the body portion and leaving a 1ongitudinal opening through the latter, said tongue being positioned a slight distance from the other side of the body portion and of slightly less width than the opening to cooperate therewith in holding a strap of an article of wearing apparel in connection with the clasp and afore- 10 mentioned article of wearing apparel.

HERMAN GUILLOD. 

